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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954437 | Railroad well car with open truss sides A railroad well car includes a pair of spaced trucks, and a railcar body supported on the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well stru... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7044062 | Dropped deck center beam rail road car A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, a laterally extending top truss structure, and a central vertically oriented central beam structure. The center beam so formed defines bunks upon in which to carry cargo. The up... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6446561 | Autorack railcar structure A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and intermediate webwork sides joining the substructure and the superstructure to form a truss-like structure for carrying automobiles. The resultant truss-like structure does not have a straight through cent... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6205932 | Autorack railcar structure A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and intermediate webwork sides joining the substructure and the superstructure to form a truss-like structure for carrying automobiles. The resultant truss-like structure does not have a straight through cent... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6199486 | Flatbed railcar with a center support partition An improved railcar is provided which may be utilized for the transport of relatively lightweight bulky articles, as well as relatively heavy articles such as steel beams. The railcar includes a number of components which cooperate to allow such diversity... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5465670 | Railroad freight car having an improved structural support A railroad freight car including a longitudinal well for carrying intermodal cargo containers comprises a car body having longitudinally opposing end structures with body bolsters supported by railroad trucks adapted for movement along a railroad. The opp... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5287813 | Coach body construction for rail vehicles having extruded aluminum profiles with undercut nut-receiving grooves for ease of asssembly The coach body construction comprises an upper structure having extruded profiles, which are connected detachably to one another by corner connectors and are made of an aluminum alloy, and a lower structure. The lower structure is composed of longitudinal... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5088417 | Light weight center beam railroad cars with pinned connections Center beam railroad car having a top chord, a parallel center sill below the top chord, columns joining the top chord and center sill, and diagonal tension members connecting the upper joint between one column and the top chord to the lower joint between... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4930427 | Railroad gondola or hopper car, particularly a coal car A railroad gondola car having improved side sills, internal horizontal tension braces and diagonal braces with cast metal connectors at the ends of the braces and doubler plates on the side wall post flanges for reinforcement purposes where posts are conn... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4867073 | Internal drainage system for hollow member structural assembly and method An internal water drainage system for an interconnected hollow structural assembly within a railroad pressure discharge hopper car or the like is disclosed. To facilitate water drainage throughout the interconnected hollow structural assembly following hy... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4802420 | Centre beam railroad car This invention relates to centre beam freight cars. The purpose of these freight cars is to carry large, bulky freight which does not require much protection from the elements. Thus, any freight car must have wide utility and sufficient rigidity but a tar... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4730562 | Vehicle transporting railroad car with brace bays A railroad car for transporting vehicles comprising a car underframe having side sills and supported at each end by a railroad truck; a plurality of spaced apart vertical columns having lower ends rigidly connected to each of the side sills; a first deck ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4667603 | Articulated car for intermodal containers The specification discloses a new articulated car for transporting intermodal containers over a railroad. A novel bogey configuration having large sliding bearing assemblies is used to suspend the load below the axles of the bogies. Draft and buff forces ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4527488 | Coke oven charging car A car for charging a coke oven battery with coal. This car carries a plurality of integral coal hoppers. A particular space frame construction is disclosed to support these hoppers, and because of this construction a significant savings in the weight of t... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4362111 | Covered hopper car A covered hopper car having curved side wall units joined to a curved roof structure with a hollow beam side plate and having a reinforcing cap member on the roof sheets with a top portion spaced above the curved roof sheets and maintained in the spaced p... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4230360 | Bulk material bed A trailer for receiving and hauling bulk material. The trailer includes an elongated bed with an external skeletal frame. Along with the skeletal frame, two truss members are provided on opposite longitudinal sides of the bed. Each truss includes downward... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4082045 | Stability bracing for twist on high gondolas or hopper cars A high volume railway gondola car particularly suited for high speed rail operations having a bracing structure extending the length of the car including a plurality of serially interconnected V-shaped trusses having laterally longitudinally downwardly co... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4079676 | Freight car body reinforcement A high volume railway gondola car particularly suited for high speed rail operations including a pair of rigid elongated tension and compression braces at each end of the car which couple the corner caps of the car walls to the minimum vertical flexure po... | 03/21/1978 |
